depreciation

See also: dépréciation

English

Etymology

From French dépréciation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˌpɹiːʃɪˈeɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

depreciation (countable and uncountable, plural depreciations)

1. The state of being depreciated; disparagement.
2. The decline in value of assets.
3. (accounting) The measurement of the decline in value of assets. Not to be confused with impairment, which is the measurement of the unplanned, extraordinary decline in value of assets.

Derived terms

• accelerated depreciation
• accumulated depreciation

 

Translations

state

• French: dépréciation (fr) f
• Hungarian: leértékelés (hu), ócsárlás (hu), becsmérlés (hu), leszólás (hu), lekicsinylés (hu)
• Italian: ammortamento (it)
• Macedonian: обезвреднетост f (obezvrednetost)
• Sicilian: ammurtamentu m

the decline in value of assets

• Bulgarian: обезценяване n (obezcenjavane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 折舊／折旧 (zh) (zhéjiù)

• Dutch: depreciatie (nl) f
• Finnish: arvon aleneminen, arvonalennus, arvonvähennys, arvon lasku, arvon väheneminen
• French: dépréciation (fr) f
• Georgian: გაუფასურება (gaupasureba), ღირებულების დაცემა (ɣirebulebis dacema), ღირებულების დაკლება (ɣirebulebis daḳleba)
• Hindi: अवक्षयण m (avakṣayaṇ)
• Hungarian: (as a process) elértéktelenedés (hu), devalválódás (hu), (as a purposeful action) elértéktelenítés, devalválás
• Irish: dímheas m
• Italian: ammortamento (it) m
• Japanese: 減価償却 (ja) (げんかしょうきゃく, genka shōkyaku)
• Macedonian: обезвреднување n (obezvrednuvanje)
• Maori: hekenga wāriu
• Polish: amortyzacja (pl) f
• Romanian: depreciere (ro)
• Russian: амортиза́ция (ru) f (amortizácija), обесце́нивание (ru) n (obescénivanije)
• Sicilian: ammurtamentu m
• Swedish: värdeminskning (sv) c
• Tagalog: depresasyon

the measurement of the decline in value of assets

• Bulgarian: обезценка f (obezcenka), амортизация (bg) f (amortizacija)
• Danish: afskrivning c
• Dutch: depreciatie (nl) f
• Finnish: poisto (fi)
• Greek: απόσβεση (el) f (apósvesi)
• Hindi: अवक्षयण m (avakṣayaṇ)
• Hungarian: értékcsökkenés (hu), amortizáció (hu), amortizálódás, értékcsökkenési leírás
• Indonesian: depresiasi (id), penyusutan (id)
• Italian: ammortamento (it) m
• Malay: susut nilai
• Sicilian: ammurtamentu m
• Swedish: avskrivning (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} הפחתת ערך f (hafkhatát érekh), ^{(please verify)} ירידת ערך f (yeridát érekh)
• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} амортизација f (amortizacija) (economic)
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} తరుగుదల (te) (tarugudala)

See also

• depreciation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia